Roam Migration Law has been named Most Trusted Corporate Immigration Law Firm 2026 – Melbourne at the APAC Legal Awards 2026, in recognition by APAC Insider of the firm’s work helping businesses move people across borders with certainty, speed, and compliance.
The firm’s success was matched by individual recognition for one of its own, with Jackson Taylor named Immigration Law Leader of the Year 2026 (Australia).
The recognition reflects an approach to immigration law that Roam has built since its founding in 2016: treating visa work not as an administrative box-ticking exercise, but as a strategic business function directly tied to a company’s ability to grow.
“Every matter we work on involves a person who has made a significant decision: to move country, to build a career somewhere new, to bring their family along on that journey,” says Rebecca Spoor, Head of Sales & Partnerships at Roam Migration Law. “The businesses we serve are depending on us to get it right, but so are the individuals.”
A different kind of immigration partner
Roam was established to solve a problem it saw across the market: businesses navigating immigration reactively, processing visas case-by-case with no underlying framework, and paying the price in time, risk, and missed opportunity. Rather than operating as a transactional processing shop, Roam embeds itself in clients’ workforce planning, designing scalable sponsorship frameworks and equipping HR, legal, and global mobility teams to make confident decisions.
Today the firm’s practice spans employer sponsored visas, sponsorship management, compliance and risk management, activity and specialist visas for short-term deployments, immigration advisory and government relations, and immigration due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructures.
Roam’s client base ranges from high-growth startups to large multinationals and Fortune 500 companies, across industries including IT, finance and professional services, defence and engineering, construction and resources, healthcare, aged care, medtech and pharma, education, hospitality, and agriculture.
What sets Roam apart
A few things distinguish how Roam works with clients:
- Proactive compliance monitoring. Roam actively tracks policy changes, legislative updates, and compliance obligations on clients’ behalf, flagging developments before they become problems.
- Fixed-fee pricing. Clients know what they’re paying before work begins, with no surprise invoices.
- Communication in 18 languages. The team collectively speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Spanish, Tamil, French, Malay, and more, allowing direct communication with sponsored workers in their first language.
- A human-centred approach. Behind every matter is a person relocating a family, building a new career, or a business leader trying to keep a critical project on track. Roam’s team is driven to look beyond the technical requirements of a case to what will actually make a difference for the people involved.
It’s this combination of strategic thinking, proactive service, and genuine care that has earned Roam the trust of corporations and individuals navigating the immigration landscape, and now, recognition as Melbourne’s Most Trusted Corporate Immigration Law Firm for 2026.
Jackson Taylor’s recognition as Immigration Law Leader of the Year 2026 (Australia) reflects that same standard at an individual level, and caps off a strong showing for the firm at this year’s APAC Legal Awards.
